I have used Report Builder in one of the project for client. Is it possible to provide parameter in the report that is generated by Report Builder? It's quite the same with the parameter in usual Report/RDL (by Visual Studio).

And is it possible to pass the UserID that is running the report to the Data Source View or directly to the query? Currently, I need to get the UserID of the user that runs the report to do some filtering of the data (in SQL Query). I can do this easily in the RDL file developed by Visual Studio, which I can use global parameter User!UserID and pass to query. I find difficulty to use SQL Execution Context (select USER_NAME(),SUSER_NAME()), because report needs to be run as certain account, so that the report can be subscribed by user (e.g. email subscription). How to pass this UserID to the query/data without end-user intervention in Report Builder?

When a self-developed CLR stored procedure throws an Exception and the Exception is caught in the code and for example logged, there only are class and method names in the stack trace lines, but not the line numbers. Can the line numbers somehow be included in the stack trace?

I'm not familiar with .NET framework stack traces, but when I tried to find out more information I hit concepts like PDB files, are such things somehow needed to enable line numbers in stack traces?

Hi,I am having chart which has positive and negative numbers.I need dark line(gridline) at 0.00th location.So that it differentiates between positive and negative levels.So please help me out in solving this asap.

The issue that I have now is that the file on the report server is not a .rdl file and if I simply save it as one and then bring it into VS to modify it the code file is a html structure rater than a XML file type.

Possiblity / Instructions On How To Install Report Builder Locally Without Hitting Report Server
We have a remote business client who has a proxy server setup and this translates into receiving a 407 proxy authentication blocking error when attempting to download the report builder application for deployment off the report server which is housed locally with us. The proxy server does not allow them to download application type files off another site. At the moment, they would not like to disable the proxy for these users to allow them to deploy the application on their client or add the report server as a trusted site. Is there a method by which Report Builder can be locally installed on the client pc instead of online only with it knowing the correct report server to access and then still launch correctly when the report builder button is pressed through report manager?

I am not a web application guru by any means and we have tried to replicate the oneclick deployment and what occurs in the local settings/apps/2.0 subdirectories, but the application still attempts to download/install again. If we attempt to just launch the local executable on the client, report builder assumes the client pc (localhost) is the report server to access. Is there a method which will succeed?

I want to use this as the data from which to build a report model. As linked servers don't show up in the Data Source View wizard, I created a view in SQL Server:

create view MyExcel asselect * from XL_SPS_1...Sheet1$

Okay, great, now the view shows up in the DSV wizard and I can create the data source view. However, when I create a new report model based on this data source view, the Report Model Wizard tells me at "Create entities for all tables" that I've got an error when it processes dbo_MyExcel that "Table does not have a primary key."

I assume this is where the identifying attributes for the entities in the report model are taken from, so I really can't go further. Does anyone have an idea as to how to add a primary key to a linked server (Excel) in SQL 2005? Can this be done? Other than importing spreadsheet data to a SQL table, how can I get around this?

I'm having a problem with the Report Builder application; when I open Report Builder without parameters the application is working fine - I can create reports and save them in a folder I have access to on the Report Server.

However, if I open Report Builder with the report path as a launch parameter to edit an existing report I run into some problems. I can still change and execute the report and save it (if I have publish-permissions to the folder/report), but if I try to use Save As to save the report somewhere else it does not work.

The Save As dialog appears, but the "Look in" dropdownlist is empty, and the box below says "Loading...". If I try to press the "Folder up" button next to the dropdownlist an exception is thrown. It seems the Report Builder suddenly does not know which Report Server it is connected to..

I use e.g. https://<servername>/reportserver/reportbuilder/ReportBuilder.application?/BUs/Standard/testke as url to open Report Builder. BUs/Standard/testke is the report's path.

I added a new windows user "ReportUser" which is a local user (not in administrator group). When I connect to the report manage's web page, I use reportuser to log in (when the anonymous access is disabled it will ask a log in). Report builder icon is not showing up on the report manager home page.

If I log in as a user in administrator group, the reportr builder icon shows up so I can download it and build report.

I have assigned reportuser "Content manager" and "repoter builder" access to the home folder. Is there anything else I have to do to make the report build icon show up on the home page?

I have installed SQL Server Reporting Service on window xp. everything working fine except one thing.

I have installed sql server with my a/c. my a/c have admin rights. when i giving http://dineshpatel/reports it is displaying page but Report Builder and other option are not displaying. I hope i don't have admin rights.

Hi All, I want to format the alternate rows in different colours of Tabular Report (Done using the Report Builder), as we do in Sql Server Reporting Services .Is this possible in the Report Builder ?.-Mahendra

I have client machine in one domain, say A domain , on which I have installed .net 2.0 without any problem. I have report server running in other domain (B domain) where I have deployed few models which will be used from domain A to create ad hoc reports by launching Report Builder. I can access other reports in domain B from A

But when I click on Report Builder ..it tries to connect to server in domain B but fails to connect and shows following log in a text pop up

I know, problem is because of cross domain communication but question is then how to fix it ? what changes I need to do for that in firewall, domain etc etc settings?

Here is the error, I have highlighted lines which might give some clue:

ERROR SUMMARY Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log. * Activation of http://192.168.1.197/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected: + Downloading http://192.168.1.197/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application did not succeed. + The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.

Restrict Report Builder Access To Report Execution Timeout
I am setting up the SQL2005 reporting service to let users build their own reports on the web. I'll provide them with pre-built report models. We have concern with SQL database performance by allowing users to execute huge reports. The problem that I have is: If I give the users permissions to build report they'll have access to the report's Properties | Execution page, which allows them to disable the report execution timeout. Is there a way for me to allow them build reports while restrict them to access the report execution timeout settings?

Is there a way to produce a report containing two tables and other fields?

For example, I would like to create a very simple customer report with customer name and address at the top, then a table containing all contacts I have for the the customer (a 1:N sub-table of customer) and then a second table containing all the orders from the customer (a 1:N sub-table of customer).

Is this possible in the current version of Report Builder or is it planned in a future relase?

P.S. I know this is easy in VS Report Designer but I specifically want to do this in Report Builder. The Report Designer client is simply too complex for my non-technical user base. Report Builder would be ideal.

When we add a table or add a column to the table in database , will the report model get refreshed automatically or do we need to do it externally. If so, can we use any of the objects and write a custom code in VB.

I proceeded to save the report to the report server, but when I want to view this report in Report Manager, I get the following error:

An error has occurred during report processing.

Query execution failed for data set 'dataSet'.

Incorrect syntax near '<'. The label 'xmlns' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. The label 'xmlns' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. The label 'xmlns' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. The label 'xsi' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. The label 'xsi' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. The label 'xsi' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure.

So I went into "Properties" -> "Data Source" and use the custom data source. I've selected "Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services" and put in the following Data Source=SQLTEST;Initial Catalog="Data Warehouse AS". I've select "Crednetials stored securely in the report server", using my Windows login and password.. and I've got the following error.

Is anyone using Report Builder via a Report Model generated from Analysis Services in production?

From what I have seen on the Forum people have done this from books, but it is not clear as to whether they have used it at work, in production. There do appear to be reports of some problems with the integration between the two, and with performance.

The attraction of Report Builder on top of Analysis Services is that we should only need to define measures, security, etc, once in the Cube, not twice, as we would if we had to use Report Builder on top of a relational source, alongside Cubes on Analysis Services.

What I would like to find out is:

1) If there is someone who has deployed Report Builder on top of both a relational data source and Analysis Services. If so, which has been taken up best by the users?

2) How does the navigation in Report Builder work with Cubes. It seems a little bizarre in that you can only drill down, never up. Is there any way around this. Do you need to design the Cube specifically to support the Report Model? If so how?

3) The generation of the report model is easy. However, is there any way to control this, or to edit it later?

4) We have had problems with Report Models on relational sources where changes have invalidated the Report Model and all reports built on it. Can similar problems arise, for example, if you change the Cube and then Re-Generate the Report Model?

5) Are there any other issues around Report Builder. The two I have found so far seem to be Hidden Dimensions showing up, and Report Builder not working if measures are defined as non-aggregatable.

6) Are there any other end-user adhoc reporting products which work better with Analysis Services?

Can't Create A Report That Uses Related Tables On Report Builder
I'm using Reporting Services integrated with SharePoint Server 2007, but when I tried to use Report Builder to create my report that uses data from two or more tables, it just surprised me with the limit of just one entity (table) for each report, so I can't use such a INNER JOIN or any other way to create a relationship between the entities.

How can I achieve this goal and add this report to a SharePoint Page?

PS: If this is not the right forum, please move this post to the right one.

When saving a report in Report Builder the default users folder is displayed when save is first clicked. However the user can navigate to any folder from the root on down.Is there anyway to only allow the user to access their "My Report" folder and not navigate to other folders?

Users are currently placed in a Windows Group. The windoes group is given System User and My Reports roles.

I am working on Report builder project and was wondering if somone can help me with below questions

Is it possible to convert RDL files built in report designer to Report Builde RDL file? if yes then is there any tool or we will have to do it manually. I have also seen that there is no SQL in RDL files created in Report Builder. If above is not possible then my second question is if we can only copy the layout but as we have got 1000 RDL files in built by report desinger how can we automatically convert this into layout in Report Builder.Does Microsoft has any specific tools for this?Will highly appreciate for any help on above.

I want my users to be able to insert the logo when they create reports using report builder. Documentation tells that under Insert tab you can click on "Picture" and then browse to the location of the file and insert a picture. But I dont see "Picture" option under Insert menu. I only see 3 options "text box","Filter Description" and "Total Row Count".

I have a scenario and I am not sure if it is possible to create a report for this scenario using the report builder. Let's say I have a customers entity and address entity that is related to the customer's entity as a 1-many relationship. I have the effective date on the address that specifies the date from which the address is effective. A customer will have multiple records in address with the latest effective date as the latest address of the customer.

Suppose, I need to create a report using the report builder to get the list of latest address for customers, how can I do it? I know it can be done using the report designer using a query that uses the group by clause. But can it be done using report builder?

I'm very new to report builder and I don't even know if this is possible. Some of my users have asked if they can build an ad-hoc report to show say top 50 annual salaries. This has to be done soley with whatever report builder has for building ad-hoc reports as that's all the users have access to.

I have a couple of reports that I created within the SQL Report Designer, I would like to give the ability to the end user of C# Winform application to be able to make modification to this .rdl file using the Report Builder, however when I try and launch the report that I created within the Report Designer using the Report builder I get the following error..

Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportBuilder.ReportModel.Report: The report 'http://localhost/ReportServer/MyReport)' cannot be opened because no data source is associated with it. Associate a model data source with this report and try again.

How can I resolve this situation.

I'm not sure if my approach is the best or if I'm I should be looking at the solution from another approach

I've come across an unusual error on some of our machines. I'm trying to track down why only certain ones will give an error. I thought it might have something to do with .NET 2.0 not being installed, but I assume that they wouldn't even be able to launch Report Builder if this is the case. I'm at the point now where I've been told these machines have .NET 2.0. I plan on trying to verify soon, but I thought I'd get everyone's opinion on what it could be.

With even the simplist report (just 1 field dragged onto the report) the following error appears: "Report execution error The report might not be valid or the server could not process the data." When I clicked on the details, the following appears: "The numeric portion of 0pt cannot be parsed as a unit of type Point. ----- The type initializer for 'Microsoft.ReportingServices.Design.Constants' threw an exception."

This model was created with Business Intelligence Development Studio and we're using SQL 2005 Enterprise.

Anyone have any thoughts on what this could be or how I can better troubleshoot it?

In Report Builder(SSRS 2005 sp2), is there a way to automatically save a report the user is working on? The problem is that somtimes a user would be spending a long time working on a new report and the connection would timeout and the user has to start all over again.

I recently updated my instance of SQL Server 2005 express to install reporting services. I am able to navigate to the report manager url but the report builder button is missing. Also, when I go to the report manager url, It prompts me for the server's username and password. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Saving A Report In Report Builder
I used Report Builder to create a report then I saved it. The report does NOT appear in my Shared Reports folder in Report Manager. However, if I go back into Report Builder and hit "open" the report defintion is saved and I can open and run it in Report Builder.

the database my app is using contains information from multiple user organisations, a sort of multi organisation database. I intend using the reprot builder to provide access to a user ine ach organisation. However the issue of who sees what info has popped up and i'm trying to think of a way to restict the user of report builder to only be able to see their own organisations information. This is a social services type application which is used by mutlitple service providers so organisations get twitchy about other organisations being able to see detailed client info. on the application the security stops this but at am a t a loss as to how to best restirct access to an organisation won client data.

any thoughts? is this somehting that can be configured through the reprt model and the report builder user account?

One of our users has created a report in Report Builder. I want to take this report, post it to a folder and allow her employees to run the report.

I've put it in a folder called "Reference Line Reports" and gave browser permission to a list of users. These users are able to run the report (without having access to Report Builder or the report model).

When they try to utilize the "infinite clickthrough" functionality, I get the following error.

The permissions granted to user '<domain><username>' are insufficient for performing this operation. (rsAccessDenied)

If I give one of these users access to the "report builder" they no longer get the error. The problem is that we don't want them to run the report builder (giving unrestricted access). I just want to be able to give them a report builder report with the clickthrough ability.

I would like to disclaim that we have not upgraded to SP1 (or CTP SP2 yet). Has anyone seen a similar problem or know if this was something fixed in sp1?

I have been trying to figure out how to develop a summary only report with no luck. I have tried several groupings but still cannot suppress the detail. Has anyone been successful in creating this type of report?

I cannot seem to get this to translate into a query in Report builder. I've tried adding columnA to the table on the report canvas, grouping on columnA and creating a field called RecCount, that consists of count(columnA) and placing that in the table on the report canvas then adding a filter that says where RecCount > 1. When I generate the report it says no data meets the criteria, when I know we have data that meets the criteria.

The reason we are doing this in Report Builder is that the column that contains duplicates can vary, one day it can be columnA, the next day it can be columnB. We are just trying to give the users the power to create the reports so they don't have to wait on the DBA staff to do it for them.

This is such a simple thing, there must be a way to do it, but I haven't found the magic combination yet. Any help would be appreciated. -A.

Cannot Delete Report From Report Builder
We have successfully implemented Forms Authentication with Reporting Services. While users can create new reports and modify existing reports in Report Builder without a problem, the "Delete" option is grayed out. The "Delete" option is even grayed out for the all-powerful "admin" user defined in the RS configuration files.There is no problem deleting reports using Report Manager.

What security setting is Report Builder checking when it determines whether the delete option should be available or not?

When I go to my Report Manager page, http://localhost/reports$sqlexpress, I don't see any link for report builder. I've read some articles that I should be able to run the Report Builder from here. Maybe I read it wrong or something?

Also, since I don't have the link, I would have to type the complete URL for the report builder, http://localhost/reportserver$sqlexpress/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application. It runs the application fine. Then when I try to enter the Site or Link, which is http://localhost/reportserver$sqlexpress/, I get an error on the Get Started Panel saying "Report Builder and Report Models" is not supported in this edition of reporting services."

Does it really not support Report Builder and Report Model if I'm using SQL Server Express 2005 with Advanced Services?